Razor-stropper.



PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

A. H. FLEMING. RAZOR STROPPER. AHLIOATION FILED Dnof?. 1007.

No, 882,63@l

ALLISON H. FLEHING, Ol" i,FAlltMGN'i, WEST VIRGINA.

BAZOR-STROPE Rf.

Specication o Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed December 7, 1907. Serial No. 405,591.

T o all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, ALLisoN ll. FLnMiNo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Marion and State of Vest Virginia, have invented a new and useful RaZor-Stropper, of which the l'ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to razor stroppers o'l'` that general class `employed for si ropping or honing the blades of safety razors.

The principal object oit the invention is to provide a stropper which may be readily adjusted in order to accommodate blades ol diii'erent size and make, and to permit. the exercise o'f greater or less pressure on the bladeduring the stropping or honing operation.

With these and other objects in view, as will incre 'fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features ol construction and arrangement ol parts, hert inalter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and imrticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the torni, proportions, size and ininor details ol` the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ol' the advantages oi' the invention.

In the accompanying drawings z---YFigure 1 is a perspective View ol a razor stropper constructed in `accordance with the invention. Fig.` 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the saine drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view showing the position of the parts when in use.. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified lorin ol' shaft.

Similar numerals of reference are ernployed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures ol the drawings.

The present invention is in thenature of an improvement on the construction shown in Letterselatent of the United States granted to Ine on August 27, 1907, No. 864,524.

To the carrying or operating handle l0 is secured a strip ol' metal bent into the forni oi an angle bar, the two webs of which are arranged at an acute angle to each other, and these webs are rigidly connected near their opposite ends by V--shaped filling blocks 12. The blocks 12 forni bearings for the reception of a rock shaft 15, the reduced ends of which pass through openings in the blocks,

, while the major portion ofthe shaft' is rectangular in Forni, and serves as a support for a razor blade holder. hlear the opposite ends of the shaft arey sinall pinions 1S that interinesh with arcuate racks 1).

Pivotcd to the angle bar ll is a second angle bar 20, of approxiniatcly the saine lengt-h as the angle bar 11, and the two webs of which are arranged at an obtuse angle to each other, all'ordiug suilicient room l'or the smaller angle bar 11 to play back and l'orth without coining into contact therewith during the stropping operation.

ln pivoting the parts together, the arcuate racks 'itl are extended upward through slots vl'ornied inthe inner angle bar vl l, and a pivot pin 22 is introduced through openings lornied in these ra-clts, and the segmental blocks l2.

'lhe two racks 19 are approximately in the forni el quadrants and their ends are rigidly secured lo the webs `oll the angle bars 20, the racks being curved on lines struck Alroin the center ol the pivot pin 22, so that the pinions 18 may vfreely mesh therewith without danger ol binding.

The rectangular shaft 15 is provided with an elongated slot, which receives a lat angular web 26, that carries a pair of spring jaws 27', that niay serve lor the reception and support of a razor blade, such, for instance, as a blade having a heavy butt of the type used .in the Star or liverdeady razors. This web 2G inay be adjusted diainetrically of the shaft 15, in order to inovc the edge ol the blade which it carries to a greater or less distance beyond the webs oi the inain angle bar 20, so that the edge of the blade may be presented to the stropping or honing surface at the correct angle, or the extension may be such as to secure greater or less pressure of the blade upon the surlace. The web is provided with a pair ol" slots 28, and these Slots permit the passage of binding screws 29 that pass through threaded openings formed in the shaft 15, so that after the web has been ad-l justed to the proper position, the screws may be tightened l'or the purpose of securing the web and blade holder in proper position.

As a niodi'lication ol this construction, the shaft may be loi-med oi two separate meinbers 15 and l15b that are slightly spaced frein each other to receive the web 26, and

alter the latter has been adjusted, the screws;

may be tightened lo; the purpose of clamping in place.'

n order to two edge blades, such, for instance, as those kemployed in the Gillette type of razor, a

second holder is employed, this holder having pins in one jaw arranged to pass through openings in the razor blade, and, also, to lit in openings formed in the opposite jaw. This auxiliary holder` may be readily placed in position in the main holder 27.

The angle bar 20 is maintained in Contact With the strap, and at the end oi each stroke the handle l() is turned for the purpose of carrying over the angle bar 11,' and with it the shaft 15. During this movement the Web of the angle bar 2O which Wasfree during the first stroke is moved over into engagement with the strap, and the holder as a Whole is swung with the shaft as a center owing to the connection between the pinions and the racks, and the edge of the blade is forced down into Contact with the surface of the strap. The edge of the blade comes into Contact with the edge of the strap beforethe permit the stropping of the thin having a eeaeso l. In a razor stropper, a\bar or` support air of angularly related surfaces arranged fiir contactwith the strap, a pivotally mounted shaft arranged in the support,

a blade carrier, and means for adjustably securing the blade carrier to said shaft.

2. In a razor stropper, a bar or support having a pair of angularly related surfaces arranged for Contact with the strap, a pivotally mounted shaft carried by said support, a blade holder adjustable in a ,radial line toward and from the axis of means for looking said blade holder in adjusted position.

3. In a razor stropper, a .bar or support having a pair of angularly related surfaces arrangedior Contact with the strap, a pivotally mounted shaft arranged in said support and provided With a diametrical slot, a blade carrier, andan elongated web forming a s Jp* port for the Carrier and adjustably mounted Within the slot, and Alocking screws for clamping the shaft and Web together.

ln testimony that .l claim the foregoing as angle bar 11 can engage with the angle bar l my own, l have hereto affixed my signature 20, lso that the operator is free to exert any in desired pressure on the bladeA during the stropping operation and the stropping may be as light or heavy as the Condition of the blade may require.

the presence of two Witnesses.

` ALLISON H. FLEMNG. W'itnesses JAS. M. WALKER.

JNO. E. PARKER.

said shaft, and. 

